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Subject(s)

• Julian of Norwich 1343-—Teachings [Browse]
• Devotional literature, English (Middle) [Browse]
• Mysticism—England—Catholic Church [Browse]

Translator

• Windeatt, B. A. (Barry A.), 1950- [Browse]

Series

• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) [More in this series]
• Oxford world's classics

Summary note

Julian of Norwich is one of the most celebrated figures of the English Middle Ages. She is esteemed as one of the subtlest writers and profoundest thinkers of the period for her account of the revelations that she experienced in 1373. Julian lived as an anchoress in Norwich, and after recovering from a serious illness she described the visions that had come to her during her suffering. She conceived of a loving and compassionate God, merciful and forgiving, and believed in our ability to reach self-knowledge through sin. She wrote of God as our mother, and embraced strikingly independent theological opinions. This new translation conveys the poise and serenity of Julian's prose style to the modern reader. It includes both the short and long texts, written twenty years apart, through which Julian developed her ideas. In his introduction Barry Windeatt considers Julian's astonishingly positive vision of humanity and its potential for spiritual transformation. - Amazon.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Language note

Translated from the Middle English.

Contents

• Introduction. Note oN the Text and Translation. Select Bibliography. REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE. The Short Text
• The Long Text. Appendix 1: List of revelations in the Short and Long Texts
• Appendix 2: Extract from the Book of Margery Kempe, ch. 18. Explanatory Notes. Index of Scriptural References. General Index.

ISBN

• 9780199641185 (pbk)
• 0199641188 (pbk)

OCLC

910577605

RCP

H - S

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